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Presented by Steve Rider.
1.30, 2.00, 2.35 Racing
Live from Aintree, coverage of national-hunt races at 1.35, 2.05 and 2.40, introduced by Clare Balding. Commentary is by Jim McGrath, Richard Pitman, Peter Scudamore and Angus Loughran.

1.45 Rugby Union and Rally of Great Britain
A look at the build-up to this afternoon's Wales v Australia match, plus news from the finish of this year's rally, the decider in the world-title race.

2.15, 2.50 Rugby Union: Wales v Australia
Live coverage from the Millennium stadium in Cardiff (kickoff 3pm) as Wales try to defeat the world champions for the first time on home soil in 20 years. Commentators are Eddie Butler, Jonathan Davies.
(Barbarians v Australia - Wednesday 7.05pm)

4.50 Rugby League
Highlights from the final of three Ashes Tests between Great Britain and world champions Australia. Ray French commentates.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Rider
Introduced By:
Clare Balding
Unknown:
Jim McGrath
Unknown:
Richard Pitman
Unknown:
Peter Scudamore
Unknown:
Angus Loughran
Unknown:
Eddie Butler
Unknown:
Jonathan Davies
Commentator (Rugby League):
Ray French
Editor:
Michael Cole

Continuing the natural-history strand. Ends 7.00.
Series producer Simon Nash : Editor Fiona Pitcher www.bbc.co.uk/nature
Kenya's Hidden Crabs Braving mud and mangrove swamps along the coasts of Kenya, Wild Africa cameraman Gavin Thurston captures tree-climbing crabs on film. Director Marguerite Smits Van Oyen; Producers
Wendy Darke and Simon Nash (S) (W) Wild Africa is on Wednesday at 9pm
5.40 Nick Baker 's Penguins In the fourth of five programmes that focus on animals in their natural habitats, Baker spends a night with a colony of Adelie penguins on Antarctica and takes the plunge in the freezing waters with leopard seals. Producer Dale Tempiar : Series producer Fiona Pitcher (S) (W)
6.10 Natural World Treasure Islands. The Channel Islands provide a haven not only to millionaires but also to a wide variety of exotic creatures. John Nettles narrates this film about the seahorses, basking sharks, puffins, tropical white egrets and other spectacular varieties of wild animals that make these islands their home.
Producer Andrew Cooper ; Series editor Michael Gunton (S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Simon Nash
Editor:
Fiona Pitcher
Unknown:
Gavin Thurston
Producers:
Wendy Darke
Producers:
Simon Nash
Unknown:
Nick Baker
Producer:
Dale Tempiar
Unknown:
John Nettles
Producer:
Andrew Cooper
Editor:
Michael Gunton

A Money Programme film that, in the lead up to the Appeal Court trial for the "Guinness Four", investigates why the case against Ernest Saunders , Gerald Ronson , and their co-conspirators for rigging the Guinness share price has dragged on for a decade and has been dogged by such controversy. Producer David Strahan : Series editor Clive Edwards (S) (W) 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Saunders
Unknown:
Gerald Ronson
Producer:
David Strahan
Editor:
Clive Edwards

Three-part series by Lucy Blakstad that explores the emotional impact of bridges on surrounding communities. Brooklyn Bridge, New York. From a musician to a reformed drug addict, people who live on both the Brooklyn and Manhattan sides of the bridge relate what it represents to them: hope for the future, an escape from stress and the promise of a new life in a new country. (S) (w) The new resonance of Lucy Blakstad 's series: page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Blakstad
Unknown:
Lucy Blakstad

Nearly 20 years on from his series Police, criminologist and film-maker Roger Graef pays a return visit to Thames Valley Police to see how the service has evolved against the backdrop of social change. New problems have emerged over the years but, as this documentary shows, the service has responded with initiatives of its own to tackle them.
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TV that changed the world: page 50

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger Graef
Executive Producer:
Alex Holmes

Repeats are not indicated.
Secondary Schools 2.00 AS Guru General Studies 2 Languages 4.00 Working with the French; Working with the Germans - understanding different approaches to business. Working for Local Government 5.00 The Guide
Open University 6.00 The Cutting Edge of Progress (S)
6.30 Plus Ca Change

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